![]() ![]() ![]() The fairy tale represents an intermediate stage between Hesse's initial ambiguous stance to the war, as an internationalist who tolerated war and a pacifist who looked forward to a German victory, and his later active anti-war campaign. It is essentially a fairy tale dealing with the subconscious, magic and the dream world. Unlike his earlier works, the story does not lend itself to rational interpretation. The latter is clearly our world as Hesse saw it, rendered mythical, and the former is an idealized world that ours could be. On the other star, jealousy, hatred and despair are cultivated, wars are waged incessantly, battlefield murder is officially condoned, the countryside is left strewn with unattended cadavers and fear prevails. On one star, life is valued, beauty is appreciated, reason is respected, humane traditions are cultivated, love and happiness are experienced and peace prevails. In the fairy tale, two stars are juxtaposed. At the time of writing, Hesse was working as an army nurse tending to wounded soldiers. ![]() ![]() Hesse wrote this short fairy tale in April 1915, one year after the start of the First World War. The book title was inspired by Hesse's timeless classic " Strange News from Another Star". The book, which is a Collector's Item Strange News from Another Star, Faldum, Iris, Fine Dream Sequence, A Difficult Path, The Poet, Augustus, and Flute Dream. “ Strange News” is a collection of newly translated fairy tales written by Hermann Hesse during World War One. ![]()
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The late 1960s saw a number of unusually sensitive adult-themed dramas taken from plays or short stories, such as The Subject Was Roses and I Never Sang for My Father. Starring Alan Arkin, Sondra Locke, Laurinda Barrett, Stacy Keach Jr., Chuck McCann, Biff McGuire, Percy Rodrigues, Cicely Tyson, Jackie Marlowe ![]() 1968 / Color / 1:78 anamorphic widescreen / 123 min. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the middle of this is Elvar of the Battle-Grim, the youngest of her mercenary company, a character whose arc through the previous novel is a mere shadow of all that awaits her here. The text itself would’ve done a wonderful job recalling all that’s past, but having those several pages’ worth of recap is something all authors of series should do, for utility’s sake.įollowing the battle at Oskutred, gods once again walk the mortal plains, three hundred years after what should’ve been their end. Gwynne has added a “The Story So Far” section, helpfully providing a reminder to all us readers whose memory of certain elements of the prior novel might have been blurred by time. The Hunger of the Gods enters your good graces from the first, even as its length, a good 20% longer than its predecessor, intimidates. And, lest you forget, all these elements were breath-taking already in The Shadow. It hasn’t all resolved yet-far from it-but every element is even clearer, every character fleshed out still further, the world immeasurably deeper. ![]() That’s to say, Gwynne’s latest expands the world and characters in such a way as to make The Shadow of the Gods appear a tiny piece of a mosaic you’re finally seeing from the right distance. All sequels should accomplish what John Gwynne’s Hunger of the Gods has. ![]() ![]() ![]() The fact that many individual racers continue to compete year after year means… Brrr-r-rrr. The race goes over sea ice, through tricky areas that look frozen solid but may not be, in gale-force winds, and with little time to rest for dogs or humans. For somewhere between eight and 15 days, they compete through blizzards, white-out conditions, sub-zero temperatures and a brutal wind-chill. Thanks to Henry’s expert weaving of the race’s challenges and perils into the story, I painlessly learned a lot more and am steeped in admiration for the participants. Pretty much all I knew about the Iditarod when I turned the first page is that it is a 1000-mile dog sled race from Anchorage to Nome that you’d have to be near crazy to undertake. It has aged well and is worth a new look. This book won Macavity and Anthony awards when it was first published in 1991, and propelled Henry into writing two thriller series based in the 49 th state. Whatever the weather throws at the rest of us, compared to people who race the Iditarod, our situation is cosy. Forecasts in the States are for a snowy winter, and if you want to gear up for the cold, you couldn’t do better than reading Sue Henry’s first Alaska mystery. ![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, Kate announces that she will be taking Alex with her to the Amazon rainforest during his visit. His sisters, however are sent to live with their other grandmother. Despite his desperate pleading, Alex is sent off to New York City to stay with his eccentric grandmother Kate Cold, a reporter for International Geographic Magazine. While his parents leave for Texas to try to treat his mother's cancer, Alex and his sisters are sent to live with their grandmothers. Walden Media acquired the novel's movie rights in 2006 but no film has yet been produced.Ĭity of the Beasts begins with the story of Alexander Cold, who is 15 years old and going through a family crisis. The novel was translated by Margaret Sayers Peden from Spanish to English. Published in 2002, the story is set in the Amazon rainforest. City of the Beasts ( Spanish: La ciudad de las bestias) is the first young adult novel by Chilean-American writer Isabel Allende. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments The wide window![]() ![]() DURHAM - Duke University held its annual university-wide commencement ceremony Sunday at Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium to celebrate its graduating classes of the academic year as 228 student-athletes received degrees.ĭuke welcomed Adam Silver ('84), Commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA), as the commencement speaker while Duke President Vincent Price also addressed the graduates.Īs commissioner of the NBA since 2014, Silver has been named to TIME's 100 Most Influential People, Fortune's World's 50 Greatest Leaders and Bloomberg Businessweek's list of 50 people who defined global business. Additionally, Silver has earned Sports Executive of the Year honors at the Sports Business Awards, Sports Business Journal's Executive of the Decade and was named Sports Illustrated's Executive of the Year.Ī 1984 political science graduate, Silver was appointed to Duke University Board of Trustees in 2015 and currently serves as vice chair.ĭuke also awarded four honorary degrees Sunday to individuals who have made distinguished contributions to the arts, environmental sciences and social justice – Branford Marsalis, Deborah Rutter, Susan Solomon and Darren Walker. (Photo: Matt Cashore, USA TODAY Sports) Just when BYU was thinking they had made it out of the spring transfer portal window without any major hits to the projected depth chart, wide receiver. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments D rus alterworld![]() ![]() To examine how internet use might impact dementia risk, the study team focused on more than 18,000 American adults. ![]() Still, she said, the findings do indicate that when it comes to maintaining a healthy brain “internet usage in old age matters.” “We cannot tell which is the chicken and which is the egg at this time,” Cho admitted. ![]() “Surprised by the magnitude of the risk difference” her team observed, Cho acknowledged that it’s not entirely clear whether dementia-free patients are simply more likely to surf the web in the first place, or whether surfing the web can actually help keep dementia risk at bay. “We found that regular users experienced approximately half the risk of dementia than non-regular users,” said Cho, a doctoral student in the department of social and behavioral sciences at New York University's School of Global Public Health, in New York City. “We studied the association between internet usage and the risk of dementia in the long term among dementia-free adults aged 50 and older,” explained study author Gawon Cho. ![]() MONDAY, - In a world increasingly consumed by social media, much has been made of the amount of time younger generations spend online every day - and the harms that habit can bring.īut now a new study of older adults suggests that regular internet use may actually be a boon for older Americans, staving off the long-term risk for dementia. Everyday Internet Use by Older Adults Might Help Keep Dementia at Bay ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments The list of unspeakable fears![]() ![]() Convinced her stepfather is up to no good, Essie investigates. And the red door from her dreams has become a reality, just down the hall from her bedroom in her terrifying new house. Now, something on the island is haunting Essie. Years ago, she watched in horror as the ship General Slocum caught fire and sank near its shores, plummeting one thousand women and children to their deaths. Essie knows the island is plagued with tragedy. That’s where Essie’s new stepfather runs a quarantine hospital for the incurable sick, including the infamous Typhoid Mary. Her mother has remarried, and they must move from their dilapidated tenement in the Bronx to North Brother Island, a dreary place in the East River. Most of all, she’s afraid of the red door in her nightmares.īut soon Essie discovers so much more to fear. She’s afraid of the silver sick bell, a family heirloom that brings up frightening memories. She’s afraid of cats and electric lights. The War That Saved My Life meets Coraline in this “deliciously creepy” ( Publishers Weekly, starred review) middle grade historical novel following an anxious young girl learning to face her fears-and her ghosts-against the backdrop of the typhoid epidemic.Įssie O’Neill is afraid of everything. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Raymond carver complete works![]() In the earliest fiction, the politics of sex are tied to politics of fortune and chance marriage as an institution is capricious and unsettling. (See the link on this page to a 2008 Kenyon Review story that discusses the recent controversy over the editing of Carver’s stories.) Drawing on representative tales from each of Carver’s major volumes of fiction, Nesset’s critical exploration leads us deep into the heart of Carver country, an eerie post-industrial world of low-rent survivors. Raymond Carver, known in some circles as the “godfather of minimalism,” has been credited by many as the rejuvenator of the once-dying American short story. “This quirky, sometimes strikingly poetic discussion provides an insightful… accounting of Carver’s oeuvre.” “This short volume intelligently synthesizes and supplements much of the earlier criticism about this significant writer, who died at the peak of his powers in 1988.” ![]() |